This morning a 5th grade class from Brown Elementary is participating in a special TWICE ASK session with Sue Stauffacher about her comic books called Wireman. This particular series is designed for students who are struggling with reading; common sight words are carefully sprinkled through the comic to increase student’s reading skills. In the picture, [...]
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Did you know that ISTE is updating the NETS for Students? Now is the time to give feedback before the deadline of March 31. I thought I’d share with you a quick little comparison I did. I wanted to see where videoconferencing fits into the new NETS for Students and if it seems appropriately represented. [...]
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In the first few years of our distance learning program, I thought that view only sessions were a waste of time and energy. In those days, classes had to travel to the high school to get access to videoconferencing. VC is an interactive medium, so I didn’t want anyone to waste their time, energy and [...]
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To my Michigan readers, it’s time to hurry up and sign up for your 4th grade Michigan Week Connections! You can choose from Michigan Week Exchange (Read Around the Planet is modeled after this project) or from Where in Michigan? This year’s flyer is online now for you to share with your teachers. Register by [...]
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In this final blog post from the MACUL Conference this year, I thought you’d like to know that at the TWICE Annual Meeting, COSI Columbus received the TWICE Board of Director’s Award. This award is given to an organization that makes an outstanding contribution to distance learning in Michigan and throughout the country. It was [...]
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I was going to blog a bit about our Read Around the Planet session at the MACUL conference, but Ben Rimes did a great job writing it up, complete with pictures. Check it out! An entertaining picture awaits you.
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I just found this in my email from the Collaboration Collage listserv. We are in the planning stages of Elevate 2008, an international conference on K-12 educational videoconferencing to be held in Banff, Alberta August 24-28, 2008. We are searching for possible keynote presenters at this time. If you have any ideas you wish to [...]
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MACUL Session: Friday, 10:00-11:00 a.m. Presenters: Danielle Letter, Distance Learning Coordinator, Bridgeport-Spaulding Community School District, and Michael Maison, Media/Technology Coordinator, St. Clair County RESA Connection: Ann Arbor Hands-on Museum First Alex gave an overview of each of the programs that Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum offers to the students. Ann Arbor sent sample materials from the [...]
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Note: This post was written for the MACUL conference blog 2007 with attendees in mind. However I’m reposting it here because it seems it would be useful for readers here too. H.323 The videoconferencing TWICE is showcasing here uses the H.323 videoconferencing standard. We connect using IP or via the Internet. Generally this is “room-based” [...]
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MACUL Session: 4:00-5:00 p.m. Presenter: Charlon Franke, Teacher, Fraser Public Schools Connection: Cranbrook Institute of Science After an introduction from Charlon on how she uses Cranbrookâs programs in her curriculum, Cameron Wood from Cranbrook gave an overview of the programs that they offer. As Cameron walked us through the activity, he explained how he was [...]
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